Fate of jailed Briton raised with Iran’s president

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with Richard Ratcliffe and Gabriella. The charity worker is reported to have been jailed for five years on a spying charge after a secret trialNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/PA

In her first meeting with President Rouhani of Iran, Theresa May has demanded information on the fate of a British mother detained in his country.

Mrs May raised the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has dual nationality and was arrested at Tehran airport in April while trying to return from a family holiday with her two-year-old daughter.

The charity worker is reported to have been jailed for five years on a spying charge after a secret trial, but British officials say that has not been confirmed. Richard Ratcliffe, her British husband, has been lobbying for her release at the UN general assembly in New York.

Speaking to The Times this week, he said: “I had been working on the assumption it would take weeks or…